Charlotte Lee

Charlotte Lee

A native of Plant City, Florida, Charlotte Lee currently lives, works,
paints, sews, sculpts, bakes and sings in Athens, Georgia. The child of
artists, Charlotte grew up making objects from glitter, construction
paper and glue at her parents’ paint-encrusted kitchen table. Formally,
Charlotte studied art in Tampa, Massachusetts, Italy, Cuba and Georgia,
and she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Lamar Dodd School of Art
at the University of Georgia. She recently completed a three-year stint
working for Pop art master James Rosenquist at his studio and offices in
the Gulf Coast fishing community of Aripeka. Charlotte now divides her
time between performing with local Athens musicians, baking wedding
cakes, brewing coffee and making art. Charlotte’s current body of work
consists largely of non-traditional media and re-purposed objects and
reflects a lifelong devotion to making art from things around her. When
asked why she makes art, Charlotte responds with a mix of verve and
disenchantment one might expect from a person who has never not made
art, “Why not?”